Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities have applied for an Article 4 direction in relation to Houses of Multiple Occupancy.

Available records indicate that 56 local authorities have submitted to the Secretary of State article 4 directions removing permitted development rights in respect of Houses of Multiple Occupancy in accordance with Schedule 3 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.